1. A LETTER TO…. AMAZING & RESILIENT WOMEN: I THANK YOU! Dr Deborah Phillips, Combined Universities of Cornwall. Cornwall College, SOCIAL HISTORY LEARNING DISABILITY CONFERENCE JUNE 18 TH / 19 TH 2015

2. PLAN OF SESSION INTRODUCTION BACKGROUND TO RESEARCH PROJECT EVERYONE HAD A STORY TO TELL!! ILLUSTRATIONS AND LETTERS REFLECTIONS / ENDINGS / BEGINNINGS?

3. INTRODUCTION & BACKGROUND INSPIRATION!! RESEARCH PROJECT: Theme of ‘identity’. 24 women in 3 different UK locations. Participatory/ Narrative/ Oral History approach. Snowball technique. My ‘role’. Confidentiality. Everyone had a story to tell. NOW A PUBLIC THANKYOU

9. REFLECTIONS / ENDINGS/ BEGINNINGS and THANKS What did the participants get out of it? ‘Put our lives in order’ Made individual tapes Impact on me as researcher A final THANKYOU for being honest, sincere, funny, inspirational, scary, dynamic… in many respects you all changed my life in many ways. Finally….any questions?